[quote]I’m going to use Ana Bray as an example. If you’re going to make a character LGBTQ+, it needs to contribute to their story, not just be there for the intention of marketing and profit. In this way, it seems out of place and therefore forced upon us with a leftist agenda. In a better story, Ana Bray can still be a lesbian character, but her kissing another girl isn’t the obvious point the story revolves around. More, there are other actions unfolding, and Ana being lesbian is just a background trait to add character. This way it isn’t out of place, but it still gives a feeling of equality and character. Edit: I would make an exception if Destiny were a romance story, but I think most people would see romance of any kind in Destiny as a distraction from shooting aliens.[/quote] TLDR: The comic made him uncomfortable. :)

[quote]I’m going to use Ana Bray as an example. If you’re going to make a character LGBTQ+, it needs to contribute to their story, not just be there for the intention of marketing and profit.[/quote] I think it's pretty cynical to look at this as a way for Bungie to make a quick buck. I don't personally see it this way, especially when you consider that: 1. Ana being a lesbian isn't really a major plot point to anyone who just plays the game. Most people have no idea that Ana Bray is a lesbian. 2. It's not like Bungie made a big banner and demanded back pats for making a character gay. They just did it and moved on. With that out of the way, I want to ask you this. Do you view heterosexual relationships in the same way as you do LGBTQ+ relationships? Because everytime one of these threads comes up I notice that heterosexual relationships aren't held to the same standard. [quote]In this way, it seems out of place and therefore forced upon us with a leftist agenda[/quote]. Now we're getting to the meat and potatoes of this whole issue. Bungie isn't putting gay people into their games as part of some plot to get everyone to lean left. If you view something as insignificant as a gay character showing up in your video games as "leftist propaganda" being forced upon you, I would examine why you think that. [quote]In a better story, Ana Bray can still be a lesbian character, but her kissing another girl isn’t the obvious point the story revolves around.[/quote] She kissed a girl for like, two pages. Only the most moral of pearl clutching moral busy bodies is bothered by this. If you think the story revolves around her being gay, it really doesn't. [quote]More, there are other actions unfolding, and Ana being lesbian is just a background trait to add character. This way it isn’t out of place, but it still gives a feeling of equality and character.[/quote] It is in the background. Ana isn't hitting on every lady guardian in game, and until the forums pitched a fit about it I didn't know she was gay at all. This doesn't seem like forced diversity, this seems like people are making a mountain out of a mole hill. [quote]Edit: I would make an exception if Destiny were a romance story, but I think most people would see romance of any kind in Destiny as a distraction from shooting aliens. [/quote] Cayde has romantic interests, they're present in grimoire and he off handedly mentions it in Destiny, they don't distract me from shooting aliens.